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Because of that it should be kind of fun to read.
Tell me what it is you plan to do with your one wild and precious life. Mary Oliver
Bienvenu
Jessica began her Peace Corps experience in January of 2008. She is in the west African country of Niger, which is a pretty isolated part of the world. She has little access to computers, and the mail is slow. I (the MOM) blog her letters and occasional emails, and try to keep my voice out of it.
Current projects
Baby Patrol
Community classroom
Women's grain bank
Environmental ed
Young girl's scholarship program
Fencing for trees and garden
Women's literacy
Men's English class
Communicating
5/11/09 Postage to Niger: .98 for a 1 oz letter (4 pages)
Back home in the USA. No more mail to Jessica in Niger.
This young man and his donkey just brought a load of sand to the construction site. The new classroom will be in the space you see to the left. Next step: we will mix cement and create bricks.
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This is for you! Our son arrived in Niger on July 9 as a new PCV. Your wonderful blog has given me only hope for his experience and his contributions to the community! Many thanks! Sherwood24
Hi Patricia! Welcome! Your comment will make Jessica's day, I'm sure. Overall she has had an amazing experience in Niger, and your son will, too. Be sure he has extra memory cards for his camera so he can send home photos!
Hello Si's blog! Thanks for stopping by. Yep, J is my daughter and she is having quite the time. The blog has been a way for me to stay connected; her lack of computer access and extreme isolation means that she would otherwise be out of touch with family and friends. Hence the mom-managed blog of her letters and photos home.
3 comments:
This is for you! Our son arrived in Niger on July 9 as a new PCV. Your wonderful blog has given me only hope for his experience and his contributions to the community! Many thanks! Sherwood24
This is fascinating. Glad you dropped by my blog. Read several days back, what a story, what an experience. This is your daughter?
Hi Patricia! Welcome! Your comment will make Jessica's day, I'm sure. Overall she has had an amazing experience in Niger, and your son will, too. Be sure he has extra memory cards for his camera so he can send home photos!
Hello Si's blog! Thanks for stopping by. Yep, J is my daughter and she is having quite the time. The blog has been a way for me to stay connected; her lack of computer access and extreme isolation means that she would otherwise be out of touch with family and friends. Hence the mom-managed blog of her letters and photos home.
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